Venexia Walker
Senior Lecturer In Epidemiology at University of Pennsylvania
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolVenexia Walker is a senior lecturer and epidemiologist with nine years' experience applying causal inference methods to electronic health record data and Mendelian randomization, with a particular focus on drug effects. Based at the University of Bristol and an adjunct at the University of Pennsylvania, she has led population-level COVID-19 research in secure national data environments and collaborated on MR studies within the Million Veteran Program. Her work bridges epidemiology, medical statistics and health data science, translating complex genetic instruments into evidence relevant for pharmacology and policy. A mathematician by training (MMath, First Class) who completed a Population Health PhD, she has also spent time in industry research at GSK linking MR to randomized trial estimates—an uncommon blend of academic rigour and practical drug-development insight.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics (USA) MMath, Mathematics, First Class Honours, Mathematics (USA) MMath, Mathematics, First Class Honours at University of LeicesterPopulation Health PhD, Population Health, Population Health PhD, Population Health at University of Bristol
English
Github Skills (17)
delta8
infection8
stata7
zoneminder6
explore5
health4
diabetes3
mental-health3
machine-learning3
databases2
job-runner2
database2
deep-learning2
django1
docker-image1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BHFDSC/CCU002_03
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
CVD-COVID-UK project: COVID-19 vaccination and disease and the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis
Contributions:23 commits, 11 pushes in 11 months
ccu002deep-learningriskscvd-covid-ukcovid-19-vaccination
venexia/MR-antihypertensives-AD
Dec 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 2 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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